The Singapore Free Press, 13 August 1946

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    20 1 The Singapore Free Press LARGEST AFTEWNOOhI SALE IN MALAYA sfdf SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1946. EIGHT PAGES PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    BRITAIN BARS JEWS FROM PALESTINE
    424 1 BRITAIN BARS JEWS FROM PALESTINE LONDON, Mon. i gRITAIN has given instructions to the Palestine authorities to stop the illegal immigration of Jews Following this decision, the Polish-Czechoslovakiai frontier has been closed to stop Jews from pouring into Palestine it is estimated the Jewish exodus fron Poland has been at
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    MOTHERS FLING BABIES FROM FIRE
    115 1 Ir c N Rep«rt*i M. nerf Injured I Singapore H it of a k «n( Road >,iiop m ie inrnd m -j Id ap i >3red to t>e 1 rum l -i arm and B taturttti t~> i > ?ed orT H which KMne to-
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    LONDON GAS MEN STRIKE
    25 1 LONDON GAS MEN STRIKE II London i M 000 A i, cut Saturday as rtkf n -> >oo :o ?nance n»-n at 11 and Coke lon-
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    INDIANS LEARN UK COAL MINING
    19 1 |3outhern India r. we MM, and ■•■upr-wm* the toita. >ay s R ?u ter
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    NO PRESS TRAFFIC
    19 1 I 1 oMvaieilloiH «wi from Monday nigh: j nations' Y>rk were re- < latem* sympathy •a* York.
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    47 1 Pictures. The court sits with a bark cloth of Union Jacks. Prc j P: ess Ihe men fall in to march to thei trial in the hangar "court- loum. The 263 paratroops facing court-mart al at Kluan; pictured in the aircraft han?ar where the court is sitting.
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    10 NATIONS TO DECIDE UNRRA'S FUTURE
    44 1 10 NATIONS TO DECIDE UNRRA'S FUTURE A committee from 10 nations was named yesterday to draft a resolution designed to effect a compromise between the -differing viewpoints of the Anglo-American and Russian groups on the issue whether UNRRA should continue, says A.P. from Geneva,
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    GOAT CROWNED 'KING'
    43 1 A goat brought from th° highest mountain in Eire was crowned king in the Market Square at Killorglin. County Kerry, to start rhree fantastic days and nights of drinking and love making at Ireland's greatest festival, says Reuter from Dublin.
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    BREAD: S'PORE BAKERS WARNED
    226 1 CINGAPORE bakers were is- sued with a warning today by the Fei&tl Controller. Mr. Hamer, who is not satisfied that th?v arc doing their best to stop the black market in bread. Mr Hamer told the Free P:ess, If I catch any of ihem contravening the
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    QUIT INDIA FOR THE PORTUGUESE NOW
    51 1 QU IT INDIA FOR THE PORTUGUESE NOW Several hundred members of the Goanes? League of Youth paraded the streets of Bombay yesterday carrying huce posers bearing the words '"Pcrtuguesp Imperialists— quit Asia. The demonstration was in protest against what is described as a Portuguese 'reign of terror," sayj Reuter from
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    S.R. RAN 220 EXTRA HOLIDAY TRAINS
    25 1 Southern Railway is running 220 extra train; over August Bank Holiday to South Coast and Wesi Ql JEflfiland resorts.
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    Paratroops 'sat on sea wall'
    195 1 Free Press Keporler KLUANG, Tuesday. ITNDER cross-examination thro morning at the court marU tiai of the 263 men of the 13th Parachute Battalion, a prosecution witness, Pte. P. MeEvan, agreed that in a statement he had made to the prosecuting officer, he had named more
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    MUSSOLINI IS FOUND
    55 1 ROME. Mon. MUSSOLINI'S body, stolen from his "unknown" burial place In Milan some weeks ago, lias been recovered In two sacks. Details of the discovery are not yet knowi but it is learned that rhe remains were handed over ;o the authorities yesterday at Pavia. some 25
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    Byrnes 'insults' Soviet Union
    325 1 Byrnes 'insults Soviet Union PARIS, Mon. AN error in the preparation of the day's agenda, and the insistence by the session chairman, IS. Secretary of State, Mr. James F. Byrnes, upon following procedure, led the Russian delegate. Andrei Vishinsky, to charge Byme< with insulting the Soviet Union," and threw the
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    Points System For RAF Wives
    119 1 Points System For RAF Wives LONDON wives of British airmen mho will join their husbands in Germany are t» ha\e their priority claims decided on a system of point., according to the time lh"v have been separated sinre Hm nuthrfak of the war, >.i> Keuter from London. lor fathers thcr.«
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    JINNAH WILL NOT HELP
    76 1 JINN AH WILL NOT HELP Panait Jawaharial .N-nra. President ot Congress has accepted tthe invitation of Viceroy Fiexd Marshal Lord Wavell to mak-? proposals lor the iormation o! an interim government. Pand.t Nehru will shortly visit New Delni to see the Viceroy, says Renter from New Delhi. The Moslem League
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    ATHLONE CASTLE ARRIVES
    224 1 ATHLON E CASTL E ARRIVES Free 'e^s Reporter r?EE thousand n.nc .i^uJ 1 1 pfliceis. MrrCQ m* n am women will l^ave en thp i!s..">u ion Union Casll° liu?r Athlon I Castle which arrives tc-Juy tad scheduled to depart tot UK towards tbt rnd t»ie veel She i tile iocond
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    FEATURE PAGE
    10 2 SUSAN HAY WARD is our Pin-l'p (iirl to
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    BRITAIN BUILDING HALF WORLD'S SHIPS
    210 2 'TIE tonnage of merchant shipping under construction r *gnout the world at the end June. 1946. totalled 3.277,325 r iu IVOHi of which 1.764.943 tons gross, or about 55 per cent. :< biing constructed in British i^vimK the greatest sine? .i.-- 1022 "•:< represents an
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    NEWCASTLE TO SPEND £2,250,000
    114 2 NEWCASTLE TO SPEND £2,250,000 CVSTLE has applied for cDToulsory purchase powers i I rna'jl? it to carry out its re. i -.ruction sch:me in the BarI s Bricte? area. The amount •chfd in this portioi: of the CTM is 4: 2.250.000. but the 3ic sshanc will cost £i0.000.- > The
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    CROYDON DEMOBBER
    33 2 ndoa'i busiest airnort Crov- n hai been •demobilised." The A;r Force -"ave moved out j airoort s future role has not e: "i decided, but meanwhile U a.r^-.aft are using it.
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    Cowshed Brings Farmer £30,000
    105 2 A COWSHED transformed into an 'Alladin's cave has just given up its treasure abcut £30.QC0 worth. The cowshed is at Holdcrness. East Yorks. In it M-. Ernest Fletcher, a Preston (Yorks) farmer, stored his treasures, which r~pr sented a lifetime's labour of love. Now the treasures
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    Apples by the million for you
    1055 2 APPLES are now common in the streets of Singapore, and this article will be of great interest both to those who import and those who consume these fruits. Nature is being "pushed around" on a farm in Kent, England, where Farmer Jack Lee aims
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    Priority for servicemen
    154 2 HIGHLAND crofters seriously 11 perturbed by the proposal that Poles should be settled on the land in the Highlands. A resolution from the Aira Branch of the Crofters' and Smallholders' Association, protesting strongly against this proposal while there are Highlanders anxious to take over the land, has
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    New Products 0f Oldest Industry
    301 2 THE newest products of the British Wool Industry will be shown at the "Britain Can Make It" exhibition which opens in London in September. Ainjng the wide variety of British woollens which will be displayed are the lightest wool fabrics which have ever been ir-;e.
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      70 2 The Newest European Residential Hotel In Singapore "T HE TAVERN Everything Up-To- Date. Our New Cock -Tail Bar with its Electri-atlT Operated Sha^ Envy of AU Patrons Open from It am to 12 MMtnif s*?^ Luxuriously Furnished Erery Room ha* it* O*n B^* 1 Bath -Room Kitchen I'ndcr Direct Supervision
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      27 2 Mandtdke Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya Jfcj I specs- L^ I gonjnJ llthatsunwonToowul, I LOOK-OUT.' HAND ALL TIME. y.^ MUCH GOOD EITHER DOME. NO?
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      174 2 RADIO MALAYA T^rAfftS P P V- SS To ol^ tft 9 A 0 p "V RED NETWORK ,ro m s NETWORR wSoYm. 00 rK gS&'SS 61 metre band to 745 P m a "d 9.30 pjn. to 11 pjn AtGUST 14 »^f£-£-£-S SSSHS TONIGHT'S HIGHLIGHTS Radio NewsrUl T45 Pm 3
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    DIVINE'S WIFE TAKES 'BACK SEAT'
    475 3 dsfsdf Canadian girl sits 'in shadow] of the father' THE lissom 21-years-old Canadian girl I Whose marriage three months ago to "Father Divine" was disclosed recent v has elected to take a back seat, both maritally and in the affairs of "Heaven." The former Edna
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    TO HELP THE HOUSEMAID
    187 3 MAJOR RT. Laugh! un of the Royal Ho'el. S?arborou2't brother of thp famous film star, Charles Laughton, will bp one of three men to serve alonj* with pisht women on the board of iiiertors of the new National Institute of House-workers. Miss Dorothv Elliott, formerly national
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    87 3 This is the shin i n which the Japanese surrender documents ufrr sizr.fd a vfar aeo. She p* Missouri, picturtd entering New York harbour, hom- f(m Tokvo. An American seaman pjiishes the bronze plaque embedded in the d?ck mark ng the i>ot where the surrender was signed ailed the Mighty
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    Brassieres Made In Plastic
    107 3 J\ VFKY thin ptastft brasMere w hie h ca n he washed and dri.d in l.ve minutes is fashion i lat-st for the home market. >treamlin< d in cut. and trying at t!*e b.irk with tiny ribbons, it hav b<» n ieti^aeJ ma rlv for wear
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    40 3 1 th.» !'♦-> ear-old Wallace* Mm li.d after she had b*>*n room in th^ ofR« e »rkte| .ilon^ She MM trying he ha I n >t^alen for lumh. SIM r*<'i thp Nrcad in th* bin in pr>»^*»< utfd for wasting food
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    MY SISTER COULD KILL HER CHILD'
    62 3 MY SISTER COULD KILL HER CHILD' n xat th« Old Bailey tly lister was quite ».-apabi»* of >: d. "it is i rr bte thing f<»r me Mason U a d is M j MR JAMES MAYXARO CASH, of 1 «>tidon-road. Worcester, son of th e Bishop of Wort ester
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    7 KILLED IN HOLIDAY BUS
    251 3 SEVjCN people six of th-m women were kilkd $nd sixteen of their friends injured when a train hit a holiday bus at a levelcrossing in Scotland recently. One moment, the holiday makers were chatting happily as their bus drove downhill at the end of the
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    SI SPECT SW ALLOWED HIS FALSE TEETH
    13 3 SI SPECT SW ALLOWED HIS FALSE TEETH i ?ar :r. H bad and
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    NAVY PLANE EXPLODES
    9 3 ttintc Isle K ■■>. ded li flied.
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    Seemed Indifferent'
    8 3 a the »ter is later ed
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    BURGLAR DIED OF FRIGHT
    196 3 A BURGLAR caught rrd-ha iddd bv th-? police at The Rise', Hi!i:::gdor:. ILddlesex, on j:e apparently from !r.ght. On^ unstable went in oy Ih* utter a noise had b« sn heard a::j lights seer. In an occup ed house. A constable went in by the front
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    SUMMER FROCKS FOR MOSCOW
    74 3 UISS ALICE BACON, M P member of the Labour Party goodwill mission to Russia which fir w from London, heard of a hearwave in Moscow, with the temperature touching 104 degrees. So instead o* a fur coat and other heavy clothing, she packed light summery dresses.
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    ITALIAN PoW GETS SIX MONTHS JAIL
    29 3 ITALIAN PoW GETS SIX MONTHS JAIL Gregorio Alli?n. Italian ;n- soner. has b?en sentenced to six months' hard labour for a^oOciat- ir.g with a married woman at, Bwinesncad. Lincolnshire.
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    Woman 'dreamt assault'
    270 3 Woman 'dreamt assault' A FIFTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD dontist was cleared mm» i ly by a London Sessions jur; ,on a charge of having im- properly assaulted a y«ni"£ marne(l woman pttitflt at his luryery. On coming out of an Mm* thetic people sometimes hdv i weird and wonderm! cir sa d in
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      49 3 7//i A\MVERSAR\ n km. THE LONG AWAITED 2p M A OPENING TODAY 4.15 P.M. mm THE ALL- FUN RIOT FILM NO RAIN. NO RATIONS 5.30 P.M. H NO TAXES. BIT!! 9.30 p.ti. A DOTTY IN A SARONG PHOHE AND SCORES OF LOVELIES t AND LAUGHS 34M Vnfffl A t
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      Shall Nips Live On In Singapore?
      510 4 HUMAN blem for today: shall wo uUow Japanese to live in .l.aapore again? 1 e\e it or not. out when the iipmim surrender delegates .;ved irom Saigon in Rangoon i-i<t August to arrange the de;aii« of a bloodless surrender of l.^apore to Adminu Lord
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      Belgians to police Germany
      464 4 u <mi\ i>u71 THE small countiy of Belgium, busily resuscitating its army, and the smaller Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, proud owner of an army for the first time in modern history, are both much concerned over their zones of occupation in Germany. The first point of
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      23 4 It***** laiiLing port for Jewish immigrants to Palestine which is today being closely patrolled by British troops and tanks to control illegal immigration.
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      Will Britain keep 1917 pledge?
      580 4 AS a British serviceman and as Jews have been under the impression that the recently concluded war was the struggle of all freedom-loving people to resist and finally crush the forces of aggression which Germany and Japan unleashed upon them. I have understood that the
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      QUIZ
      85 4 1 Can you name, say, five games in which some object is struck, while in motion with an implement? 2. Who composed the four operas which together constitute The Ring of the Nibelungs? And can you name them? 3. <"a) what animals while moving at high speed, can find
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      'Death in the troop deck'
      385 4 THE leading article in your issue 1 of 3 August ("Death in the troop deck") drew mischievous conclusions from incorrect facts, which would cause serious distress to Signalman Freeborns bereaved relatives, should a copy of the article come into their possession. The facts as stated
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      PEOPLE MAKE NEWS
      379 4 MR. RANDOLPH CHURCHILL, son of Britain's war-time Prime Minister, gave evidence for the defence at the trial at Versailles of Pierre Flandin, ex-Premier of France. The accusation is that for 56 days Flandin served as Foreign Minister under Petain. Randolph Churchill said that Flandin came to Britain
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      carried 75,000 tons of stores for us
      309 4 Our Good Neighbours ISSISTANCE to the 1\ civilian population of Singapore and Malaya was given by the Forces transport in clearing 75,000 tons of civil stores and 3,800 tons of cased vehicles for Wearne Bros., from Singapore Port. 22,000 civilian passengers and 260
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      RADIO TUBE MEASURES TIME
      195 4 RADIO TUBE MEASURES TIME IN anticipation of a need for a 1 very greatly increased accuracy l n the measurement of time, the Radio Division of Britain's National Physical Laboratory, in collaboration with the Metrology Division, have exploited the possibilities of the scanning technique, as used in television, as a
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      FAITH
      13 4 Unto you Hat nam» shaJl the Su,> < arise with his wings. Malachi.
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    TRAFFIC CASES MOUNT: 419 AWAIT TRIAL
    300 5 TRAFFIC CASES MOUNT: 419 AWAIT TRIAL Hi:\\* r\«~ Free Press Reporter XHE urgent need for the re-institution of a special traffic court in Singapore is demonstrated by the fact that at the end of July there were still 419 cases to be dealt with. A bottleneck exists in the disposal
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    YAMATO SHARED FATE OF REPULSE
    110 5 lAPANESE naval staff officers J ridicuted the British for sending out the battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse on a 'suicidal mission" off Maiaya without aircrafi escort at tfae outset of the war. However, the same officers sent out the battleships Yamate on Apr. 6,
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    33 5 Che Mahmood bin Abdul Wahab, uho has spent 3? years in the service; has been appointed an Assistant Superintendent of Police. Singapore. He is the first locally -recruited officer to get this distinction.
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    DAPM SHOT HIMSELF
    140 5 d:ath v»as due aicted gun-shot! was recorded p rter, the Singathe end of an into the find- imposed and i of British Imilni off n July 28 i his nnaing. &ho ins a^. those of urold Webster. Deputy Assistant Singapore Wi- In t April i d the
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    JAP PUTS BLAME ON TOJO
    45 5 JAP PUTS BLAME ON TO JO a Jap i Toshio toe ties in HakoI sobbing o. we are jusi I orders. He US were in >n camps. I •e-y much ind country but responsible." a had s ated I beat 'he und hat yof Jap
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    To entertain Troops
    47 5 t-f members of u.; on Theatre Com- irrued in the Monarch of Beri t auspices of :nbin< Services fcnternt to „'Ter mfmlxrs of Sr r I him uhat they n the way of amuse»h?v will make their <i bti at the Victom tag, 36
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    10 COUNTRIES IN S'PORE FOOD TALKS
    301 5 TRENCH, Siamese, and Burmese economic experts as well as representatives from Malaya, Singapore, British Borneo, Ceylon and Hong Kong, from India and from Australia attended the Conference of Liaison Officers which opened this morning under the chiarmanship of Lord Killearn. The delegates will race
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    49 5 In the Traffic Room of the Inter- Services Police H.Q. in White House, sinranore, is this map. Khere scenes of collision are marked. The Services are dom c everything possible to rfdu r the Incidence of motor accidents by road patrols, and prescribing spe Sal routes for Service vehicles.
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    NEW B.I. SHIPS POR MALAYA
    122 5 TWO twin-screw motor-ships, eacb 9000 tons. Sagol and Sirdhana are being bult for the Br.tish India Steam Navigation Company < whose ships were regular callers at Singapore before the war* and a third ha.s been ordered for Calcutta-Far East service. Two 15-knot ships of 10.500
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    INDIA RECALLS LIGHTERS
    199 5 HAVING just overcome a strike which held up Malayas ex- ports of tin and rubber, Port I Swettenham, main port of the Malayan Union, is now faced with the serious threat of having practically the whole of its working capacity paralysed the withdrawal of all its lighter
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    FOUR GENERALS ATTEND FILM UNIT FAREWELL
    256 5 LIEUT. Gen. Sir Montagu Stopford. Acting Supreme Allied Commander, South-East Asia, called in at the farewell party given last Saturday ni&ht by the officers and NCOs of 9 Army F.lm and Photographic Section at the Other Ranks* Mess in Anderson Road. Other visitors included
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    PARATROOPS WARNED TWICE BEFORE ARREST
    799 5 They were told by the Commanding Officer that they would be fed if they proved amenable Ito military discipline. The ;men refused to receive food, remained passive, and then moved away. From then on the men remained in the vicinity of the sea-wall. and o:casionally
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    MILLS READY FOR RETURN v WOODCOCK
    549 6 Archie Quick's Sports Parade battle with Woodcock at Harrin- i gay on Sept. 17. He will prepare it Brighton. Peter Kane ANCE more Solomons U i keenly interested in how little Peter Kane periorms in his i come-back at Brighton. The j Golboume blacksmith,
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    Motor-Cyclist 'Drowned' In Trials
    97 6 Motor-Cyclist 'Drowned' In Trials ■^■■■■■■i ■hm^ One of the manv "drowned" at Pipeline uatersnlash durin? tn* 2nd I>:v. rosskeys' motorcyrle trials held on Saturdav at I Rahru was this member of 29 Coy. R.A.S.C who made one of th* few non-stop runs on the first lap but stuck on his
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    CHELSEA'S PLAN FOR PLAYERS
    372 6 CHELSEA'S PLAN FOR PLAYERS I DI^AY and work is Chelsea's ew pjan for their players In the ..oroing first eager season of j post-w .r football. The club is helping to find reasonably paid jobs fir all men on Chelsea's books, vrites Stanley Haisey in the Daily Express. Manager Birrell
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    Woodcock Got 'Mad' And K.Od Renet
    503 6 1\ .ucidenUl low blow in the third round made Bru. n Woodcock fighting >|ad whe n he met Albert Renet a pint-sized French heavyweight of remarkable tourhnt^ \> Belle Vue. Manchester, laM month f or the European hea.weight title and knocked him out in
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      164 6 BRITAIN DELIVERS THE GOODS EVEN TO THE MOVIES! Season Extended Ya lIJ 1 1 ral^lEv TODAY 4 Shows 1..J0. 4, 6.30, 9.30 p.m BAGU rioNs masterpiece: The Movie th:.t was Seen Twice By The Royal Family One of the Kvents of (he Year! IT'S BRITISH! jarnC' MASUW Ann fODD^fe f
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      61 6 JANt Exclusive to the Singapore Free Press in Malaya f\% t*is uon\ /a killeri-itrapped\| 7^\ I l/:'.J..r v i DANGEROUS, i HIM MYSELF IN THE /^I. T ,|TN fP WELL'-HES SCARED I BUNKUM* oJ V AFRICAN JUNGLE- (cnMtßArui) y V V THE POOR OLD BEAST PagUr' .^JI V -y^ I
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    FISHLOCK SCORES 117 AGAINST MIDDLESEX
    267 7 FISHLOCK SCORES 117 AGAINST MIDDLESEX 3tf PAGE LONDON, Mon ,A!\ 9pm interfered with the day's county cricket proK unim*' b ut not 3° severely as was the case on Saturday .hough tnu matches have yet to start and they become fi\ture> if the weather relents tomorrow. v-makers today were Fishlock,
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    M'Cycle Trials
    58 7 Winners at the 2nd Div. Cross\eys* motorcycle reliabilty trials (knee ling left) Cpl. Dixon 10 Light Rec. Coy. R.E.M.E., individual champion, and members of 24 Coy. R.A.S.C. team who had the best aggregate of the 16 teams that took part in the trial Cpl. Watts, Drv. Jon«s, and
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    HUTTON IS IN OVAL TEST TEAM
    227 7 HUTTON IS IN OVAL TEST TEAM ft* Move |n B m n in the England L ,\::-Inda in the match v-icn on Saturday. t ed on Monday tvcd ytiI angiidgt Hut on. of a note at out b; itcd that is in ..1 be: .ml (iloinester- l i No^tMglnMI p,
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    Mills Faces Swedish Mauler Tonight
    438 7 LONDON, Tues. FREDDIE MILLS, British eruiserweight boxing champion, seeks to polish his somewhat tarnished glory as one of Europe's best pugilists on to-night against a new invader, John Nilsson of Sweden. They tangle over ten rounds i n a heavyweight bout at Brighton Charity, reports
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    CHINA SOCCER SIDE MAY TOUR U.S.
    159 7 LEE WAI-TONG. the Olympic champion and South Ch:na footballer, who is well-fcr.own in Malaya, stated in Hongkong on Saturday that recent cancellation of fivp Shanghai games by the Shanghai Sports Federation cost Madame Sun Yat Sens China Welfare Fund an estimated Ch. $5,000,000. He
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    S'PORE BOXERS FOR BANGKOK
    101 7 Free Press Correspondent PENANG. Four Singapore boxers have arrived in Penang to join a group which local promoter Tom Saunders will be taking to Slam for a number of engagements against Bangkok boxers. The Singapore boys, who will be leaving for the Siamese capital within the
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    CHILEAN TO ATTEMPT CHANNEL SWIM
    414 7 LONDON. By Air Mail. r PHE pre-war, warm- weather vogue of trying to swim the English channels 21 miles of choppy waters between Prance and England is bein;: revived this year. Jorpe Gairoeta, 28-year- oid longdistance swimmer from Santiago iChile). arrived recently and went into
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    SWEDES PREPARE FOR DAVIS CUP
    63 7 NEW YORK. Sunday. IN response to a cabled urgent request from the Swedish Davis Cup tennis team to their United States rivals, six dozen tennis balls were sent by plane to Stockholm yesterday. The Swedish team asked for balls of the same stoe and weight
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    NAWAB BATTING CONFIDENTLY
    496 7 SCOREBOARD From LEARIE CONSTANTINE CHELTENHAM, Mon. IT was not possible to start India's match against Gloucestershire until after lunch when, with the drying pitch Pataudi, probably thinking his bowlers had better prospects than the batsmen with Merchant and Mustaq Ali absent, sent Gloucestershire in. At tea with
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    JEFF CONDA WINS AGAIN
    107 7 JEFF Conda, undefeated heavyweight J champion, added another win to his long list of victories when hi knocked out Johnny Merril of the Navy in the sixth round in the main event of a wrestling programme, at the Great World on Saturday night. In the supporting
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      307 7 CHINESE ATHLETES BEATEN 191 PENANG (Fre« Press Reporter) PFNANG, Mon THE Singapore Chinese Athletic Association soccer team were beaten by four coals to two in a came of soccer played on Victoria Green today. At half time the Singapore team were down three— nil BOUSTEAO&Co.,Ud. TEL. 5161-2 I.LOYDS AGENTS GLEN
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    £25,000 For Saving Life
    45 8 UOWARD Hughfs. m Uionaire air nilot, rlan? designer and film producer, has given 25,000 to Marine-Sergeant William Moyd Durkin. the man who saved his life. Hughfs crashed near Los Antrles, in Cal'fornia. and his plane taught fire. Durkin pulled him out.
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